4484 tons of cotton, 2760 tons of iron and steel and 1603 tons of general cargo

History

Completed in September 1921

Notes on event

On 27 Nov 1940 the Diplomat (Master William Augustus Hansen), a straggler from convoy HX-88, was torpedoed and sunk by U-104 128 miles west-northwest of Bloody Foreland. The master and 13 crew members were lost. 39 crew members were picked up by HMS Active (H 14) (Cdr E.C.L. Turner, RN) and landed at Greenock.